Italy was the first Western country to be severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within it, immigrants have played an important role as essential workers and throughout solidarity initiatives. The present article is based on 64 in-depth interviews with immigrants who engaged in solidarity actions directed toward the immigrant population and the host society during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analytically, it emerged that through solidaristic initiatives, immigrants articulated what we called ‘claims of recognition.’ Recognition here is considered in both its individual form, as interpersonal acceptance and esteem for single immigrants, and its collective form, as the social regard of immigrant groups as constituents of Italian society. Despite being perhaps 'elementary,' these claims aim to fight forms of both non-recognition and mis-recognition that are pervasive in Italy and aim to transform the symbolic 'fabric' of this country.
Immigrant Solidarity Amid the COVID-19 Crisis in Italy: Forms of Help, Intergroup Solidarity, and Recognition / M. Artero, M. Ambrosini. - In: VOLUNTAS. - ISSN 0957-8765. - (2024), pp. 1-12. [Epub ahead of print] [10.1007/s11266-024-00659-2]
Immigrant Solidarity Amid the COVID-19 Crisis in Italy: Forms of Help, Intergroup Solidarity, and Recognition
M. Artero
Primo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;M. AmbrosiniUltimo
Writing – Review & Editing
2024
Abstract
Italy was the first Western country to be severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within it, immigrants have played an important role as essential workers and throughout solidarity initiatives. The present article is based on 64 in-depth interviews with immigrants who engaged in solidarity actions directed toward the immigrant population and the host society during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analytically, it emerged that through solidaristic initiatives, immigrants articulated what we called ‘claims of recognition.’ Recognition here is considered in both its individual form, as interpersonal acceptance and esteem for single immigrants, and its collective form, as the social regard of immigrant groups as constituents of Italian society. Despite being perhaps 'elementary,' these claims aim to fight forms of both non-recognition and mis-recognition that are pervasive in Italy and aim to transform the symbolic 'fabric' of this country.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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